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SAFE.: No. 425,508. PatentedApr. 15, 1890.

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SAFE.

SPECIFICATION forming* part of Letters Patent No. 425,508, dated April15, 1890.

Application Sled J une 6x 1889. Serial No. 313,287. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be 1t known that we, JAMES P. HARRISON and JOHN L. WARING, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Danville, in the county of Pittsylvaniaand State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Safes; and We do hereby declare thefollowing to be a-full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such will enable others skilled inthe art to whiclrit appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention'relates to certain new and useful improvements in safes,our object being to adapt such articles to use as depositories forvaluables by others than those having the combinatiomthe inventionconsisting in providing safes with one or more suitable openings throughwhich such valuables may be passed, and in providing suitable means forclosing such opening.

Reference will be made to the accompanying drawings, inWhich Figure 1 isa front view of a safe, partly broken away; and Fig. 2 a side elevationof the same, also broken away.

In the drawings, A represents a safe of any Well-known or suitableconstruction, said safe being provided at any suitable points with oneor more openings a, through which articles to be placed in the safe areinserted. On the inside of the safe, at a point below or above suchopening, are arranged suitable bearings ZJ, in which is mounted a shaftc. To this shaft is secured a flap B, ar1'anged,when raised, to closethe opening a.. Around shaft c is coiled a spring d, said spring' beingso arranged as to force the flap against the safe and thereby close theopening.

Flap B may be provided with a lock, as e, a suitable key-hole beingformed in the safe above the opening, this arrangement being provided toallow of the locking of the flap, if desired. In the drawings, a key Cis shown. It will be understood, however, that this lock and key may bedispensed with, if desired, dependence being placed upon the spring tokeep the opening closed. Vhen the lock is employed, however, each personentitled to the use of the safe as a depository will be provided4 with akey thereto.

These safes are' adapted to use as letterboxes or as general receptaclesfor valuables; but are specially designed for use in connection with thebank-deposit system described and claimed in the application of J. L.l/Varing, filed March 20, 1889, as amended in connection herewith. Inthe foregoing We have described our invention as consisting of a hingediiap when used in connection with the other parts shown; but it Will beunderstood that a sliding door or strip might be used without departingfrom the spirit of the invention.

Vhen used as a means of making bank deposits, the safe shall beconstructed with a double compartment, into one of which the envelopewith the money is put, and into the other the depositor drops acheck-receiptbearing his name, dto., so that one collector shall haveaccess to the compartment containing the envelope and another shall haveaccess to the compartment containing the receiptl check, and thus aperfect check on theft is secured.

l. The combination, with a safe provided with a drop-slot, of aspring-actuated closingstrip located upon the interior of said safe andprovided with a suitable locking device operated from the exterior ofthe safe, asset forth.

The combination, with a safe provided with a series of drop-slots, ofpartitions dividing such safe into a series of compartments,-onecompartment for each drop-slot, and each compartment provided with aseparate combination-lock, as and for the purpose set forth.

In' testimony whereof We ailix oursignatures in presence of twoWitnesses.

JAMES I. HARRISON. JOHN L. IVARING.

Nitnessesz C. T. BRoWN, S. C. BERKELEY, Jr.

